Friday, October 30, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 30

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 30 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home.

It is the eve of the most glorious night of the year and a good friend's birthday. I'm not going to waste much time - The Misfits "Halloween I & II."


Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like  our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). Punk veterans A.F.I. off their interpretation of The Misfits' ode to Halloween.



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31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 29

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 29 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home.

I have a soft spot for werewolves. For years, vampires ruled the media outlets with all types of novels, movies, and books romanticizing the idea of being a creature of the night. Not all creatures are romantic, some are downright ugly. Werewolves are my pain. Six Feet Under - "Lycanthropy."



Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like  our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). Next, is the man who began in a band embracing the name of Father Halloween Sam Hain - Danzig and his cover a little ditty by Elvis Presley - "Let Yourself Go."


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Wednesday, October 28, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 28

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 28 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home dance away with the classiest space man to ever fall to Earth - David Bowie whom people once veered as a scary monster, but the rest of us just call him awesome.


Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like  our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). I've never been an advocate of The Beatles, but that doesn't mean I'm ignorant to the magnanimous, everlasting influence they've bore down upon millions of musicians across the world, including several favorites of mine that have emulated them in several ways with four-part harmony vocals and upbeat, experimental music much like the Galactic Cowboys. Possibly one of the greatest unknown bands, they call Houston, Texas their home and while having officially disbanded several years ago, they annually hold a reunion concert because they are profoundly beloved not just by their hometown, but anyone that has called themselves a fan. They themselves pay tribute as fans to The Beatles; more directly Paul McCartney as they present an excellent version of "Junior's Farm." \


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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 27

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 27 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home honor the master of giallo Dario Argento by striking up the theme to one of the most famous....or infamous horror films ever made, recorded by the rock band "Goblin" whom Argento used for a great portion of his earlier films - it is the main theme to "Suspiria." \


Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like  our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here), we have Static-X, fronted by the recently deceased Wayne Static (R.I.P.) singing a duet with another recognizable heavy metal vocalist Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory, joining Static-X for a cover of industrial god(s) Ministry's "Burning Inside."

 
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31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 26

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 26 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home hole a special place in our massacre machines called hearts for this tune. We connect with it, identify with it, and think if we had walking theme music, this would be one of the tracks. Associated with what is arguably Rob Zombie's best film this is "The Devil's Rejects."


 Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like
 our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here), we're sticking with the devil as we bring to you Primus' cover of the Charlie Daniels classic "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."


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Sunday, October 25, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 25

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 25 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home turn to one of our favorite singers Bruce Dickinson, former and current leader of the heavy metal juggernaut Iron Maiden. For nearly a decade Bruce ventured out on a solo career delivering five very different but very good solo albums. It was on his fourth solo effort "Accident of Birth" where he not only reunited with Roy Z and his band Tribe of Gypsies, but Dickinson was also rejoined by his former Iron Maiden band mate Adrian Smith. With the track "Ghost of Cain," we are taken on a journey of a spirit who is conjured to help restless souls finally find peace.


 Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). Speaking of heavy metal juggernauts, Anthrax definitely fits into that category, and with this cover song, they proved not only strength in unity as this song features both of their lead singers Joey Belladonna and John Bush in a duet, but there is also strength in soul as they do an impressive and honorable cover of The Temptations' "Ball of Confusion."


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Saturday, October 24, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 24

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 24 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home travel to our past. In high school, I was a band jock, not a band nerd because we were too awesome to be nerds; however, don't think we didn't take our craft seriously. We put our hearts into every performance and we dominated.

One day, our head director offered to issue us copies of what is essentially known as "The Exorcist theme," which is a nearly thirty-minute performance piece by Mike Oldfield written when he was only nineteen-years old called "Tubular Bells." It is also the first album ever released by Virgin Records. Being a horror nerd (happy?), I quickly snatched myself a blank cassette and obtained a piece of musical glory. I heard the piece in its entirety and did so again about six more times after. I loved the whole thing, so here it is, in its entirety, a live rendition of "Tubular Bells."


 Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). A favorite band of mine is Yes, and when I heard progressive rock band Magellan cover their kooky classic "Don't Kill the Whale;" modernizing it to an almost industrial level, I loved it, so I'm putting it here.




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Friday, October 23, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 23

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 23 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home decide to get sleazy with the vile audio abomination from shock-rock veterans Gwar (R.I.P. Dave Brockie) as they honor the man behind Dracula's myth "Vlad the Impaler."


 Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here), and tonight we're going pure rock fury with a side of blues as pure rock band Clutch cover Chester Arthur Burnett - better known as Howlin' Wolf with "Who's Been Talkin'."




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Thursday, October 22, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 22

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 22 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home keep it country - real - country with the honky tonk granddaddy Left Frizzell crooning the true country style about an angry ghost returning to meet it's murderer.


 Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here) and good ole Willie Nelson fits in perfectly with this crowd. For a person that is a fifth-degree black belt in martial arts (GongKwon Yusul), he's as mellow as a person that smokes a lot of marijuana......Hey, wait a minute.......

Willie has provided hundreds of great tunes of his own and in duets, but here he takes on Dave Matthews' "Gravedigger," putting his own spin on the downtrodden tune.




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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 21

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 21 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home keep it swinging with the scat master Cab Calloway singing a song about death and making it sound like so much fun.


 Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). This time we have Collective Soul honoring fellow musician Mark Sandman who died of a heart attack during a performance. Sandman was the lead singer and bassist of alternative group Morphine (a personal favorite) who's cult possess a massive cult following.


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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 20

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 20 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home like to thrash away, thrash away, thrash away all and we continue with current Arlington, Texas darlings Warbeast.

Created with former members of North Texas thrash metal legends Rigor Mortis, singer Bruce Corbitt  and bassist Casey Orr with other well known Texas musicians began a thrash metal machine that has been performing nonstop since their inception in 2008 and with two albums under their belt have shown no signs of slowing down or lightening up. Carrying on Rigor Mortis' tradition of honoring their love of horror movies and all things wicked, they provide a song about the sick life of being a werewolf with a music video that is equally grotesque.


 Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here) which leads directly to Dweezil Zappa who's entire family is far from normal. His father, the legend Frank Zappa is considered, especially now, one of the greatest musical and political minds of any generation. His children have carried on his legacy in shining glory with several music projects now and again. Here is Dweezil's interpretation of The BeeGees' "Stayin' Alive."


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Monday, October 19, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 19

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 19 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home we celebrate John Carpenter - the musician. His music has inspired hundreds in the entertainment industry just as his films and finally we are going to be treated to a live concert where he will perform both movie scores and unreleased original material; sorry, American fans, it's in Iceland.

Mr. Carpenter also has an album collecting original non-movie material, which is where we are going to now...............


 Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here).

This is one of Pearl Jam's biggest hits, a mellow rendition of Wayne Cochran's original "Last Kiss." The song failed to climb the charts back in 1961 but the song found mainstream success when J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers re-recorded the tune in 1964. The song is a staple among the teen tragedy tunes of the era and fits well within the hallowed Halloween halls of horror.



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31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 18

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 18 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home turn to one of the most underrated bands (in our opinion) of all time.

Blue Oyster cult is best known for toiling with death and motivating a giant lizard from Japan, but their diverse musical prowess covers all pop culture avenues such as in this tasteful tale about a bloodsucking legend - the one that paved the way for vampires in film......


Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). Blue Oyster Cult gained a heavy following despite having so few hits, and many better known musicians have heralded their music for heavily influencing their own sound. Here, we have the fan-favorite super group Racer-X covering one of Blue Oyster Cult's better known songs "Godzilla;" equally fitting since both groups obtained monumental success in Japan -



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Saturday, October 17, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 17

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 17 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home take delight in honoring the release of Crimson Peak this weekend. In doing so, we celebrate another figure that is well linked to the film's director Guillermo Del Toro - Mike Mignola's thrilling  comic book creation Hellboy, although this song easily suits the scariest ideas of being confronted by a complete stranger in the darkest of nights. Yeah, it also came out in the original Scream (not a fan), and thus we pay a sad tribute to the horror maestro Wes Craven. Rest in peace, good sir. You are missed.


Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). Further honoring Wes Crazven, we take some music from his film Shocker where the heavy metal kings Megadeth cover classic Alice Cooper as Megadeth's lead singer lives up to the type of person some people really think he is - not such a nice guy.


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Friday, October 16, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 16

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 16 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home dive into the extra sensory insanity with the legendary industrial band Skinny Puppy. Once considered kings of the industrial scene, they along with Al Jourgenson of Ministry and Frontline Assembly, KMFDM (amongst others) revolutionized the programmable sounds and blood curdling screams that would later dominate the sales charts by Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails and shock rocker Marylin Manson. Lead singer Nivek Ogre has ties to the horror film industry, co-starring in Repo! The Genetic Rock Opera, the highly underrated 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (the sequel to the remake of 2000 Maniacs, which was a great ode to gore in itself), and the cult favorite Doom generation (and several others).


Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). This time, the death/thrash/black/blast/mash/blender/ticklish metal band Children of Bodom offer a new take on Pat Benetar's classic "Hell is for Children." It's all doomy and makes happy people become throat slashing vegans.



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Thursday, October 15, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 15

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 15 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home celebrate the halfway point by jamming out one of Austin, Texas' finest hard rock bands - Dangerous Toys who perfectly speak about the joy of being scared, reminding us of the peculiarity of being human. How can something meant to disorient our sanity make us so happy? Fear is a special thing; being scared never gets boring.


 Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). Now, we pep things up a bit with the blaring noise that is ska, this time from Reel Big Fish performing a cover version of the classic 80's tune by Australian pop band A-Ha "Take On Me."
 
 
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 14

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 14 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home have a sweet tooth, and if Halloween provides on sure thing, it's happy dentists and a room full of angry parents with cavity-riddled children that are munching for weeks on leftover Halloween candy, and the occasional razor blade, but those taste terrible (still better than candy corn).



Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). Sticking with 80's pop, we delve into the 90's with Presidents of the United States of America covering the song that kicked off the MTV generation and changed music forever.......until MTV became the shit-bomb that it is today - The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star."


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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 13

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 13 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home sink low into the lonely pit of the soul to bring a sad little ditty of a song by Blues legend Robert Johnson.

Robert Johnson was a man out of time; his dual guitar playing and singing skills lit a fire under future generations of musicians. He never found commercial success while he was alive, playing on street corners and dive bars until he died far too young at the age of 27 on August 16, 1938. His life has been loosely documented, remembered mostly through word of mouth and through rumors about his deal with the devil at the crossroads, which influenced the film Crossroads. It wasn't until 1961 when his albums were reissued that he reached audiences far and wide and gained the appreciation of a world that had passed him by.

Perhaps Robert Johnson did sell his soul, perhaps he was just an unlucky genius. Whatever the case, he is forever remembered as a legend.


 Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). This time we have guitar virtuoso Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big, Racer X) paying homage to the late Jimi Hendrix whom Gilbert credits for being a giant influence on his style and overall passion for the guitar. This is Paul Gilbert's version of Jimi Hendrix's "Red House."


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Monday, October 12, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 12

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 12 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home grew up watching horror movies at a very young age. In an effort devised by my aunts to scare their infant nephew, they rented several horror films hoping to scar my dreams, turning them into nightmares - it backfired badly; my fandom was born (You can read about that night in detail here). Another love of mine is heavy music, extreme music; as a product of the 80's I heard some of the best pop and glam around. This was the decade that also forever linked horror films with hard rock and heavy metal music on their soundtracks (exemplified in Day 7's post). So, today we call upon the two best things about the 80's horror films and the 80's in general - hard rock and unapologetic cheesiness.

The hair metal band Fastway recorded the entire soundtrack for the 1986 heavy metal horror film  "Trick or Treat" (not to be confused with the 2007 horror anthology film "Trick 'r Treat). In this version, lonely high school outcast Eddie is distraught over the death of his hometown hero Sammi Curr who became a successful heavy metal musician. Eddie garners a copy of Sammi's unreleased final album and upon hearing it, a demonic force infects Eddie's soul.

Bad dialogue, lousy acting, traditional special effects, and cameos by hard rock legends Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne - there is so much to love about this movie that many place under the "So Terrible It's Awesome" category. I own a copy, myself and gladly watch it from time to time, especially during this wonderful time of year.


 Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). Today, we get a little heavier with the Bay Area groove band Skinlab dressing up as 90's alternative music standouts Smashing Pumpkins, covering one of their biggest hits "Bullets with Butterfly Wings." Vince, if you read this, Skinlab did it better. I'm only saying that in hopes it annoys the Hell out of you; of course the original is better, but Skinlab provided a worthy effort.


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Sunday, October 11, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 11

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 11 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home offer up a classic, a song almost synonymous with the Halloween season - The Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead." The band was only six weeks old in 1978 when they entered the studio to record a five song EP. This was the single they released from those recordings in 1979 and it remained on the British independent charts for over two years.


\Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). Definitely far from normal is the band Korn, known for their seven-string guitar, sledgehammer attack, they were at the forefront of the short-lived nu metal movement from the late 1990's/early 2000. Depression, angst are the subjects of the majority of their songs typically authored by their lead singer Jonathan Davis; one need only to look at his hair to comprehend that this dude ain't right, but there is also a childlike playfulness to the band and it comes out in their cover of the song "Kidnap the Sandy Klaws" from the movie Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.


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Saturday, October 10, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 10

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 10 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home look at the cause of most murders around the world. It is something that causes paranoia, panic; it turns good into evil, the level headed into the criminally insane, and it has caused the downfall of the most thriving empires ever created throughout history by mankind.

We are talking about love, and there is no one better to study this dreadful disease with than a man who cold sweep the loveliest of ladies off their feet with his soul soothing croon - The Chairman of the Board - Ole Blue Eyes - Frank Sinatra.


\Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). In this outing, we're taking New York rock 'n roll and twanging it up with some Oklahoma flair courtesy of Garth Brooks's version of the Kiss song "Hard Luck Woman," but frankly, the two almost seem made for one another.


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Friday, October 09, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 9

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 9 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home bring you a sampling of the hip hop sub-genre known as horrorcore. Artists like Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony, Gravediggaz, King Gordy, even D12 were considered members of this musical movement. Their songs sampled and reflected acts found in horror films and were most evident in the film Tales from the Hood; a blaxploitation anthology film that followed the Tales from the Crypt trilogy-tale formula.


  Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). In this outing, continuing down the hip hop road while taking a curve through alternative pass, we have Ben Folds, the indie-pop star that specializes in rock without a guitar, covering Dr. Dre's favorable ode to his skanks and hoes "Bitches Ain't Shit."


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Wednesday, October 07, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 8

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 8 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home bring you a man whose own life would befit a horror film. Blackie Lawless is best known as the lead singer and driving force behind the heavy metal band W.A.S.P. For decades he embraced the theatrical gore that embodied the visions in his mind, corrupted by drug and alcohol abuse. Only within the last two years has Blackie admitted to becoming a born-again Christian, although not the typical hardcore Christian most people roll their eyes at. The song "Chainsaw Charlie (Murders in the Rue Morgue)" is derived from the concept album The Crimson Idol, which tells the tale of Jonathan - a failure in his parents eyes who strikes it big when he steals a guitar that seems cursed. Jonathan meets "Chainsaw" Charlie - a music manager who introduces Jonathan to the wild side of fame that will only end in despair. The song represents Charlie's introduction to the tale.......

  

 Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). In this outing, we feature the recently successfully reunited musical menagerie that is Faith No More. Finding some success in the mid-90's with their biggest hit, the pop-covered, metal track "Epic," Faith No More gained a larger cult following that grew considerably over the years before initially breaking up in 1998. All the members continued with production and gun-for-hire projects with lead singer Mike Patton continuing to be the most recognizable member with an endless array of projects ranging from Mr. Bungle (his original band) Fantomas (w/the Melvins and Dave Lombardo), Peeping Tom, and too many others to keep track.

Aside from "Epic" Faith No More gained another hit with their faithful cover of The Commodores' "Easy," once again showing off Mike Pattons' flexible vocal styles that range from angered screams to soulful crooning.


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Tuesday, October 06, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 7

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 7 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home are taking you back to the movies - back to when I was a child in love with the silliness as much as the grossness of horror. I grew up loving all kinds of music, but at heart I am a metalhead and there was never another era like the 80's, not just for rock 'n roll or heavy metal, but for music in general. Some people are actually happy that there will never be another 80's but at least things were fun back then; just like the Nightmare on Elm Street film series, although like most overly repetitive products, the more sequels released, the sillier Freddy Kreuger became. He went from being a vengeful demon from the first three to a foolhardy prankster, although New Nightmare did a good job recreating his sinister values.

Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors was released in 1987 - a year heralded by some as one of the greatest years for movies and film in general. With other classic features such as Robocop, The Princess Bride, Full Metal Jacket, The Monster Squad, Predator, Spaceballs; it becomes increasingly difficult to dismiss such a notion. It was also a great year for music, and with Dream Warriors came a now classic tune from one of the greatest rock bands of that time - Dokken. They had completed their fourth album Back for the Attack but were belatedly asked to write a song for Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. They wrote the song as quickly as possible, recorded, and delivered it to New Line for the movie's soundtrack and decided to add it to their album as well. It became on of their biggest hits and is thought of hand-in-hand with the movie the song is named after.


Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). Today, the Man in Black - Johnny Cash graces us with a great, unsettling rendition of Nine Inch Nails' already unsettling tune Hurt. Released shortly before his death in 2003, this became another hit song in his endless cache of successful releases and is as beautiful as it is depressing.



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31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 6

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 6 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home bring you a band primed for Halloween. Type O Negative gained a loyal following during their existence and Peter Steele became a recognizable, some might say, iconic figure in the music world because of is recognizable baritone voice and gigantic man-meat that slumbered between his legs.



Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). Today, we listen to industrial legend Leather Strip's rendition of The Cure's "Lullaby."

Monday, October 05, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 5

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 5 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we - and by "we" - me and the voices in my head, plus the specters that haunt my home - bring you a pop song that infuses the harpsichord nicely within its structure. It's a song that is cheeky and spooky - it is Halloween while also speaking to the modern day government that George Orwell now predicted. He intended 1984 to be fiction - our government used it as a blueprint.


Keeping in line with my added twist, I also offer original songs dressed up by other people, just like our own beings that don costumes for, normally, one night of the year (but we are all far from normal around here). I could have used "The Badge" but I decided to stay fun and loose with Pantera......


Sunday, October 04, 2015

Ticket Validation

I can't wait to die and meet St. Peter at the gate. He'll look upon my living demography and say, "Welcome, David...eh... 'Double Barrel' Earhart."

St. Peter pulls my file from his records, struggling as it's bulk exceeds the norm as it contains all my write-ups and shame-shames. St. Peter retrieves his bifocals chained to his smoke-blue robe's lapel. "Let's see," he begins. "Oh....Oh my......Oh-UH!?" He turns at me with a voracious expression, "THIS....debauchery....is YOU!?"

"Yes, sir."

He analyzes my morality again, ensuring he wasn't fooled at first. He nods his head, finally understanding my deeds and my conscience are far more twisted than any conjoined angels' wings.

His powerful, yet, unreadable stare makes me feel good. "Welcome," he says as he flicks my name tag to my face. "For whatever reason,....welcome."

St. Peter has felt that sinking pit in his stomach before. He understands, once I'm allowed into Heaven, all Hell is going to break loose.

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 4

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 4 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today, we are raising Hell. Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead wrote this song to tie in with the film Hellraiser. It can be found on Motorhead's "March or Die" album.


The song was so nice it was made twice because Ozzy Osbourne would record the same song and put it on his critically acclaimed "No More Tears" album........

Friday, October 02, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 3

Continuing my annual tradition - today, marks day 3 of celebrating the fun of horror that comes with Halloween. Today's offering comes from the namesake of Halloween itself.....


And, a new thing I'm doing this year is honoring the tradition of dressing up as a different creature, if only for one night, the great New Orleans based sludge metal band Crowbar going soft on us by covering Gary Wright's "Dreamweaver."


Thursday, October 01, 2015

31 Days of Halloween Music - Day 2

Today, we continue our venture into music celebrating the greatest month of the year. If you recall, I annually post horror-themed music one day every year; however, this year I'm also adding cover songs to celebrate the one night a year we get to dress as someone else and not be ridiculed.

 Halloween is all about tricks......



Now for a treat.....Fear Factory covering Nirvana.....